Debian on PowerEdge 1800 with CERC-6 RAID controller

[Michal Migurski]

So we just received a new PowerEdge, and I'm itching to get Debian  
installed.

We have a Debian 3.0 Full Install disk, and a 3.1 Net Install disk.  
The former boots, but doesn't recognize the drives (RAID 5, CERC 6  
controller) the server shipped with, while the latter does not boot  
at all. I've searched the archives of this list for information on  
this issue, and have found pointers to aacraid and other tools, but I  
don't seem to be in a position to actually run such a tool on the  
machine. Do I need to first install Debian on a separate, non-RAID  
drive and then bootstrap myself to the RAID? I'd prefer not to.

-mike.

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